Hey guys! Hope 2020 is treating everyone well. I've been busy these past few months working on a comprehensive endgame video course for the website I co-founded, Chessable. It took me about 3 months, 200+ individual videos, probably 150 Starbucks iced coffees, and thousands of re-takes, but I'm happy to announce that as of this past Monday, Jan. 21, it's out! Please check it out below.
I also want to share something amazing that happened just this week in connection with the 100 Endgames release. Since our company was purchased by Play Magnus/chess24 this past August, the world champion himself, GM Magnus Carlsen, has taken a keen interest in the Chessable platform. Magnus has been playing in the annual Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands the past two weeks, but - astoundingly - he agree to film a brief promotional video for us *during* the tournament on one of his rest days! My awesome Chessable co-founder, David Kramaley, arranged the whole thing on short notice, and soon I was on a plane from Minnesota to Amsterdam. Long story short, on Thursday, I was able to sit down and record and chat with Magnus for about 30 minutes! Truly an experience I will remember for a lifetime. I hope to share the video on my channel with you guys soon.
Thanks for reading, and I hope you all are having a good weekend!
John Bartholomew
Hey guys! Hope 2020 is treating everyone well. I've been busy these past few months working on a comprehensive endgame video course for the website I co-founded, Chessable. It took me about 3 months, 200+ individual videos, probably 150 Starbucks iced coffees, and thousands of re-takes, but I'm happy to announce that as of this past Monday, Jan. 21, it's out! Please check it out below.
Full 100 Endgames You Must Know course: www.chessable.com/100-endgames-you-must-know/cours…
Free endgame bootcamp (good if you want to get a flavor for the content or brush up on some endings): www.chessable.com/endgame-bootcamp-with-john-barth…
I also want to share something amazing that happened just this week in connection with the 100 Endgames release. Since our company was purchased by Play Magnus/chess24 this past August, the world champion himself, GM Magnus Carlsen, has taken a keen interest in the Chessable platform. Magnus has been playing in the annual Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands the past two weeks, but - astoundingly - he agree to film a brief promotional video for us *during* the tournament on one of his rest days! My awesome Chessable co-founder, David Kramaley, arranged the whole thing on short notice, and soon I was on a plane from Minnesota to Amsterdam. Long story short, on Thursday, I was able to sit down and record and chat with Magnus for about 30 minutes! Truly an experience I will remember for a lifetime. I hope to share the video on my channel with you guys soon.
Thanks for reading, and I hope you all are having a good weekend!
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